Guided by Voices @ Irving Plaza March 6, 2022It’s fair to say that Robert Pollard is not a young man. In fact, the kids would say...
Robert Pollard: Honey Locust Honky Tonk January 3, 2014Fuck yeah, Bob. Where ya been, man? It’s as if he’s been taking the best tracks from each...
2013 Albums of the Year December 31, 2013Just like 2012 and 2011 before it, I figure it’s my duty to clutter the musical landscape with...
Tobin Sprout: Let’s Welcome the Circus People March 3, 2008Look I’m Pink Floyd or something. For his third solo album, Sprout returns to the whole kiddie-themed thing...
Tobin Sprout: Moonflower Plastic January 3, 2008Sprout’s sophomore effort starts in outer space somewhere, with a hum that made me think my headphones had...
Tobin Sprout: Carnival Boy January 3, 2008There’s no mistaking this for anything else but a Guided by Voices solo project. Granted Tobin Sprout just...
Robert Pollard: Not In My Airforce August 1, 2007It’s always difficult detangling Robert Pollard from GBV. I mean they are one and the same. So what...
Robert Pollard: Kid Marine July 1, 2007This album starts off with “Submarine Teams,” which features some sort of weird thing going on throughout the...
Robert Pollard: Waved Out January 21, 2007Another album of Pollard doing his thing. This, his sophomore solo effort, is a little less hissy than...
Robert Pollard: Normal Happiness October 11, 2006Wow, it’s the new “peppy” Robert Pollard. Sunshiny and ready to rock ‘n roll. Of course he’s just...
Robert Pollard: From a Compound Eye January 25, 2006I really did give up trying to track Pollard’s solo stuff after Choreographed Man of War. That album...
Guided by Voices: Half Smiles of the Decomposed August 24, 2005I like it! It’s been a while since I’ve actually tapped my toe and/or bobbed the old head...
Robert Pollard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department May 6, 2005Whoa, did Pollard actually use a professional studio for this one? There has been a general trend towards...
Guided by Voices: Earthquake Glue August 20, 2003This is oddly a bit of a return to form of sorts. Again, Pollard dials it back (to...
Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles June 19, 2003GBV has subtly moved back into a lo-fi groove. Granted, it’s not all tape hiss and broken songs,...
Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse May 22, 2003I must admit that I heard “Teenage FBI” on the radio about a week before this album came...
Guided by Voices: Isolation Drills April 4, 2003That’s a little more like it. After the debacle that was Do the Collapse, Isolation Drills gets back to...
Guided by Voices: Mag Earwhig! February 13, 2003For some reason the first song on this album reminds me of that terrible King Missile song, “Detachable...
